One Bread, One Body

WHAT GOD WANTS

"The Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away...Philip found himself at Azotus next, and he went about announcing the good news in all the towns." —Acts 8:39, 40

Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit would give His apostles the power to be His witnesses "even to the ends of the earth" (Acts 1:8). It was difficult to imagine how this promise would be fulfilled. Jesus began fulfilling it by:

sending an angel to tell Philip to "head south toward" a certain road (Acts 8:26),

synchronizing the travel of a prestigious Ethiopian so that Philip saw his chariot (Acts 8:27),

sending the Spirit to tell Philip to catch up with the Ethiopian's carriage (Acts 8:29),

prompting the Ethiopian to read from the prophet Isaiah without understanding what he read (Acts 8:30ff),

having the Ethiopian invite Philip to sit in his carriage (Acts 8:31),

giving Philip the understanding of this passage from Isaiah and the grace to communicate this (Acts 8:35),

planning the Ethiopian's journey to approach water at this point (Acts 8:37), despite being in a desert (Acts 8:26),

The Lord will go to great extents to convert each person He has created. He even became a human being and died on the cross to save us. Be in God's will. Do everything you can to lead as many people as possible to Christ (see 1 Cor 9:19).

Prayer: Father, may I want people to give their lives to You as much as I want to breathe.

Promise: "If anyone eats this bread he shall live forever; the bread I will give is My flesh, for the life of the world." —Jn 6:51

Praise: Sarah's last words as she lay dying were "Jesus! Jesus!"

Nihil obstat: Reverend Giles H. Pater, November 15, 2001

Imprimatur: †Most Reverend Carl K. Moeddel, Vicar General and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, November 16, 2001

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